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Typesetting Chess in Latexwith the Skak Package Version 1.5.3 Typesetting Chess in LATEXwith the skak Package Version 1.5.3 Torben Hoffmann e-mail: [email protected] January 8, 2018 Abstract This user guide shows how to use an enhancement to the existing A package for typesetting chess in LTEX(skak). The primary improvement over the old package is that it has become easier to typeset chess games with this new package. 1 Contents 1 Terms of Usage 3 2 Installing the skak Package 3 2.1 Using the lambda Package...................... 3 3 Basic usage of the skak package 3 4 Intermediate Usage of the skak Package 5 4.1 GameManagement.......................... 5 5 Ornaments 7 5.1 ShowingtheBoard.......................... 7 5.2 HandyCommands .......................... 9 6 Advanced Usage 9 6.1 TailoringoftheBoardAppearance . 9 6.2 SettinguptheBoard......................... 11 6.3 TypesettingStyle........................... 12 6.3.1 \styleA ............................ 12 6.3.2 \styleB ............................ 12 6.3.3 \styleC ............................ 12 6.3.4 \variationstyle and \mainlinestyle .......... 13 6.3.5 \longmoves and \sanmoves ................. 13 6.4 InputLanguage............................ 13 2 1 Terms of Usage This package is distributed under the terms described in the Latex Project Public Licence, i.e., This software is copyright but you are granted a license which gives you, the “user” of the software, legal permission to copy, distribute, and/or modify the software. However, if you modify the software and then distribute it (even just locally) you must change the name of the software to avoid confusion. 2 Installing the skak Package I could not get the makefile to do the job, so if someone could help me out on this I would be very glad indeed. Basically all you have to do is to follow the guidelines in the makefile. First you create all the required directories (stated in the install section of the makefile) and then you run the make install command. Remember to run texhash after you have updated your texmf tree. Sorry that it is not working 100%— I just do not have the time for it right now. If you cannot get the things working just put the files where TEXand the other tools can find them and you will be just fine. For Windows user I can recommend the MikTeX installation since it has skak as a package and all you have to do is to use the MikTeX installation tools and select installation of skak and you’re up and running. A Ultimately the skak package should be documented using the LTEXstandard documentation, but that is a major undertaking that will not happen right now. 2.1 Using the lambda Package The skak package uses the lambda package to do some of the hard processing necessary to allow the PGN notation as input — since it is not standard in A LTEXdistributions it is included in the distribution of the skak package. 3 Basic usage of the skak package Once the skak package has been installed you only need to know very few things in order to produce nicely typeset chess games: • write \usepackage{skak} in the preamble. • the \newgame command. • the \mainline command. 3 • the \variation command. • the \showboard command. As an example I will describe some moves from the Ruy Lopez opening — please note that the comments are just idle talk. In the left column the input is shown and the corresponding output is shown in the right column. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 8 rZblkans 7 opopZpop 6 0ZnZ0Z0Z 1 \newgame 5 ZBZ0o0Z0 2 \mainline{1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5} 3 4 0Z0ZPZ0Z 4 \showboard 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh The \newgame command sets up the internal board or a new game. The \mainline command does two things: it typesets the moves and updates the board so that \showboard will show the current board position. 3. a6 Rarely used these days, 3... Nf6 is more in fashion since blah blah... 4 Ba4 1 \mainline{3...a6} \savegame{pap1} 8 rZblkans 2 Rarely used these days, 7 ZpopZpop 3 \variation {3... Nf6} is more in 4 fashion since blah blah ... 6 pZnZ0Z0Z 5 \mainline{4.Ba4} 5 Z0Z0o0Z0 6 4 BZ0ZPZ0Z 7 \showboard 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh This example shows that if it is black to move the move number shoud be followed by three periods. Furthermore, it also shows that the \variation command merely typesets the moves — it does not update the board, but apart from that it expects the same input as \mainline. 4 The four commands introduced in this section will enable you to comment your games with minimal effort and still get great results — in fact most chess books can be writen using only these commands! But the skak package offers a lot more that can make chess typesetting easier for your — these features are the topics of the next two sections. 4 Intermediate Usage of the skak Package This section describes how to • do game management, • add ornaments to the board and • controlling some aspects of showing the board. 4.1 Game Management Returning to the Ruy Lopez example suppose you want to go into details about a number of variations after white’s third move, preferably showing the board in all the lines you describe. One way to do this is to use the \hidemoves command like this: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 8 rZblkans 7 opopZpop 6 0ZnZ0Z0Z 1 \newgame 5 ZBZ0o0Z0 2 \mainline{1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5} 3 4 0Z0ZPZ0Z 4 \showboard 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh 5 3. a6 blah blah 8 rZblkans 7 ZpopZpop 6 pZnZ0Z0Z 1 \mainline{3...a6} blah blah 5 ZBZ0o0Z0 2 4 0Z0ZPZ0Z 3 \showboard 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh 3... Nge7 blah blah 8 rZblka0s 7 opopmpop 1 \newgame 6 0ZnZ0Z0Z 2 \hidemoves{1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5} 5 ZBZ0o0Z0 3 \mainline{3...Nge7} blah blah 4 0Z0ZPZ0Z 4 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 5 \showboard 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh This is, admittedly, a labourious way of doing it, but the example shows how \hidemoves can fast-forward you to any point in a game. skak offers you ways of storing game positions • in memory or • in a file. The former is done using the \storegame and \restoregame commands like this: 6 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 3...a6 4 Ba4 b5 8 rZblkans 7 Z0opZpop 6 pZnZ0Z0Z 5 ZpZ0o0Z0 4 BZ0ZPZ0Z 1 \newgame 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 \mainline{1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5} 2 POPO0OPO 3 \storegame{game1} 4 \mainline{3...a6 4.Ba4 b5} 1 SNAQJ0ZR 5 abcdefgh 6 \showboard 3... Bd7 7 \restoregame{game1} 8 rZ0lkans 8 9 \mainline{3...Bd7} 7 opobZpop 10 \showboard 6 0ZnZ0Z0Z 5 ZBZ0o0Z0 4 0Z0ZPZ0Z 3 Z0Z0ZNZ0 2 POPO0OPO 1 SNAQJ0ZR abcdefgh Saving and loading to/from a file is the same just with the commands \savegame and \loadgame. 5 Ornaments 5.1 Showing the Board We have already seen \showboard in action, but is is possible to alter the way the board looks like. With the \mover1 command one can request that a little marker is shown next to the board indicating who is to move next. 1\mover only works if the skak is loaded with the ps option. 7 8 rmblkans 7 opopopop 6 0Z0Z0Z0Z 5 Z0Z0Z0Z0 1 \newgame 2 4 0Z0Z0Z0Z 3 \showboard 3 Z0Z0Z0Z0 2 POPOPOPO 1 SNAQJBMR abcdefgh 1 d4 8 rmblkans 7 opopopop 6 0Z0Z0Z0Z 1 \mainline{1.d4} 5 Z0Z0Z0Z0 2 4 0Z0O0Z0Z 3 \showboard 3 Z0Z0Z0Z0 2 POPZPOPO 1 SNAQJBMR abcdefgh This can be turned off with \moveroff. You can also remove the notation around the board using \notationoff which gives this appearance: rmblkans opopopop 0Z0Z0Z0Z 1 \newgame Z0Z0Z0Z0 2 \notationoff 0Z0Z0Z0Z 3 \showboard Z0Z0Z0Z0 POPOPOPO SNAQJBMR The notation is added again after one has issued \notationon. A more elaborate explanation of how the appearance of the notation around the board is configured can be found in [?]. Although it is rarely seen is chess books skak offers the possibility of showing the board from black’s perspective using the \showinverseboard command. 8 8 rmblkans 7 opopopop 6 0Z0Z0Z0Z 5 Z0Z0Z0Z0 1 \newgame 4 0Z0Z0Z0Z 2 \showboard 3 Z0Z0Z0Z0 2 POPOPOPO 1 SNAQJBMR abcdefgh If you are writing about an opening from black’s point of view this com- mand/feature could be a welcome refreshment in presentation style. 5.2 Handy Commands By requst of users and own usage a couple of handy commands have been added to skak that you might find useful too. \wmove{move } typesets a single move, whereas \bmove{move } does the same only with leading ellipses (see 6for in-depth explanation). This is useful for short remarks like: ... Nd4 would have been better. 1 \bmove{Nd4} would have been better. \lastmove is a shorthand for commenting on the last move made: 1 \newgame 1 a3 2 \mainline{1.a3} 1 a3 is bad. 3 4 \lastmove{} is bad. 6 Advanced Usage This section will describe some features of the skak package that allows you to control a lot with regards to the typesetting of moves as well as how the board is shown. Furthermore, we will take a look at how the board is set up in arbitrary positions and how the input language can be changed. 6.1 Tailoring of the Board Appearance In additon to the ornaments and showing the board upside down described in 4 one can choose to show only a subset of the pieces actually on the board. The simple commands \showonlywhite and \showonlyblack shows only one colour on the board: 9 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 8 0Z0Z0Z0Z 7 Z0Z0Z0Z0 1 \newgame 6 0Z0Z0Z0Z 2 \mainline{1.e4 e5 2.
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